The Mourinho Thread

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

He has to, if he doesn't want to get the sack again. Just go back and listen to the Fabregas pre-match press conference, he knows the deal. Besides defensive organisation, Mourinho has nothing to offer this team in attack. All the other stuff he was good at in the past, pressing , mental coaching, counter-attacking football. It's all gone now. We've only scored 2 goals from the counter this season. Our players look mentally weak in the biggest game of our season, despite playing vs 10 men for 90 + mins without their best player and us having an entire week to prepare, luxuries PSG didn't have.

I'm absolutely pissed by the way we play football. Robben, Hazard have all said Mourinho simply tells the attackers to go out and "express themselves", well that's not good enough! We need some coaching for organised attacks, not just for organised defending. This is our greatest problem.

So a better defensively minded Harry Redknapp? LOL damn that is good...

[didierforever 7,349]

Nice, 1 loss in 10-15 matches and it is a big deal for Atletico...haha

Yh can't help it if most of your best players like Reus are out for 3 months...Now their best players are back they are on top form again. Oh and want to see what he can do with team of creative players? See Dortmund CL 12-13...

atm 1-1 valencia

sevilla 0-0 atm

leverkusen 1-0 atm

atm 3-0 almeria

celta 2-0 atm

last 5 matches, 2 draws, 2 losses and 1 win. WOWWW!!! sign him.. sign him now!!!

atleast get your bloddy stats right dude.

you mean BVB is a one man team based on reus? genius of a manger indeed/

[Fernando 6,585]

Who cares, we will always be top 3 anyway with our squad.

I care because we will at least have Arsenal out! ?

[Madmax 9,219]

That's what I was thinking. So if true, it's not surprising Mou's impact on football has diminished.

It's weird. I have never seen him this passive/complacent/reluctant during games.

[DYC. 7,542]

I think the game has passed him by tactically. Football has evolved but he hasn't.

He hasn't and I wonder if he will. I wouldn't put it past him to do it though.

Mourinho reminds me of Capello. And once upon a time, Capello was one of the very best.

[Roquila 1,335]

Who do we blame though? Mourinho or some of our players?

Mourinho didn't get it right tonight but Costa had a stinker.

[Fernando 6,585]

That's what I was thinking. So if true, it's not surprising Mou's impact on football has diminished.

Coach are like players, they have their peak and then fade.

As you stated saf is the exception and maybe hiddink for national.

That being said talk of sack is ludicrous. We are still in good position of winning the Premier and that's fine for now.

[ZOS 580]

Both in good times and sad times ...

I trust in Jose

Today, with an awfully sad result, I reaffirm my support for Jose. I do not support Jose only for results. I do not care about the result, I care the way. The way done with dignity. And with Jose we always have dignity.

The approach has been smart, very humble, assuming it is impossible to win 3-0 in Champions League.

For many people has been a fucking approach, but the strategy is also a spectacle.

If we fight, we may lose; If we do not fight, we're lost.

I trust in Jose

love your energy and I respect your sincere loyalty but, man, I don't think you're making much sense on this one ... we're all sensible guys here. If Jose wants to keep the respect of the fans and the support of the owner/board he needs to apologize for tonight's performance and get his shit together because tonight was just unbelievable

[Fernando 6,585]

It's weird. I have never seen him this passive/complacent/reluctant during games.

I remember he used to be amazing with subs.

He will read the game and do it early.

Today with Ramires was one of the many times I said to myself what's he's waiting?

[Leif 6,006]

It is strange that he tries nothing innovative anymore. He does show signs of a manager who is 'past it'. Klopp shouts aren't bad. But I want Favre

i still ly though Mou, you are elegant

[Pseudo 92]

which one? the one that holds the record for the most number of goals in a single la liga season?

The one that had the most expensively assembled squads in history. Yeah they were good at flat track bullying like we are but once they met a decent team in the semi-finals they were embarrassed! I'm not gonna even mention the season after that when they were exposed as one dimensional counterattacking team.

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

Lol so in less than 2 months he's forgotten how to coach attacking football?

Bollocks. You can't blame José when players walk around the pitch, knock the ball about and simply expect to qualify. DD and fucking Zouma did more in 30 than half of our whole squad. Oscar needs dropping, too, at this point I have no doubt that RLC would be an improvement! Cahill today was better than JT IMO. Iva was awful too. Azpi-Luis against Soton on Saturday please.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

Indeed. For years people used Ferguson example to talk about stability. He is the exception. United decided to fire Moyes even before the end of the season...

The differences between Ferguson and Mourinho, in my opinion.:

(1) Ferguson always re-invented himself with the times. Mourinho has failed to re-invent himself and the times have passed him by. This is very evident as he just recycles the same tactics vs any big team we face and simply relies on the quality of the team to dispose of the lesser sides we face. This is not just re-invention in terms of tactics alone, but in terms of man management and so on.

(2) Ferguson was never afraid to shake up his back room staff if he felt his team were stagnating, be it with Queiroz, McClaren or Walter Smith. Ferguson was also willing to play a secondary role and let his sides pick up different ideas from these guys. Ferguson was the manager in every sense of the word. Jose is both the main coach and the manager. Mourinho wants to be hands on about everything, he's the one that prepares the team tactically for every match, the only thing he doesn't do is scout the opposition. He's hardly ever added to his core group of back room staff, so it's the same ideas in his coaching from even his Porto days.

[iseah100 5,612]

Need Reus and Varane.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

Lol so in less than 2 months he's forgotten how to coach attacking football?

He never knew how, I'm certain of that. From what I've heard some of his players play, from what I've read and from what I've seen of his team. Every manager has areas they are strong at. For instance, Brendan Rodgers is extremely strong at coaching attacking football, but not great at coaching defensive football. The same is partly true of Pellegrini and Wenger. Some are more balanced like Guardiola.

When you're a doyen of defensive organisation and the pressing game and all of a sudden you tell your players to go "express themselves" in attack, it means you don't know how and simply just relying on the quality of your attackers to see you through. Problem with that is against teams equally as good as you, that's not enough.